Trump s Tech Chief Slams Countries For opening Their Arms To Huawei

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US Chief Technology Officer Michael Kratsios singled out Huawei in his Web Summit speech.

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President Donald Trump's chief technology officer, [/news/trump-plans-to-nominate-michael-kratsios-as-us-cto/ Michael Kratsios], hà giang tam giác mạch is urging European countries to join the US in "taking a stand" against Chinese companies like [/news/huawei-ban-full-timeline-us-sanctions-china-trump-administation-5g-uk/ Huawei] as they try to dominate the next-gen [/5g/ 5G] wireless networks and artificial intelligence markets. Speaking [ at Web Summit] in Lisbon on Thursday, Kratsios noted the danger of countries "opening their arms" to these companies as they upgrade their networking infrastructure.
[/tags/huawei/ Huawei] said last month that it signed [/news/huaweis-managed-to-sell-a-whole-bunch-of-phones-in-spite-of-us-ban/ more than 60 commercial contracts] to provide 5G equipment, even after Trump [/news/trump-effectively-bans-huawei-with-national-security-order/ effectively banned] it from US networks due to its [/news/huaweis-managed-to-sell-a-whole-bunch-of-phones-in-spite-of-us-ban/ suspected links] with the Chinese government.



























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Kratsios, who became US CTO in August, highlighted an alleged instance of spying. 

"In perhaps the most disturbing account of espionage news outlets have reported after Huawei installed communications technology equipment at the headquarters of the African Union, their computer system was hacked and data was transferred to servers in Shanghai, every single night for five years," he said, referring to [ a 2018 report]from Le Monde.

[ Huawei responded to Kratsios' remarks] with [ a release] Thursday saying that the allegations were "hypocritical and manifestly false" and kynghidongduong.vn that following the Trump administration's lead would slow Europe down.

Correction 5:35 a.m. PT: This story initially misstated the timing of Kratsios' address. He spoke on Thursday.